History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the music as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream audience.
The Week Never Starts Round Here is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap. It was released on 25 November 1996 on Chemikal Underground.
The soaring choruses, rousing anthems, sprawling guitars and chaotic keys that make up Wolf Parade are on proud display over the course of Cry Cry Cry, the band’s thunderous first album in seven years.
American Football's now-classic 1999 LP featured Mike Kinsella and co. at the top of their game right before disbanding, but not without leaving the world with this classic, angular gem that now influences countless bands. This deluxe edition features a s
Not long after Polyvinyl Records released American Football’s self-titled debut album in 1999, the band called it quits, having only played a smattering of Champaign-Urbana college house parties and sets at small clubs like Chicago’s legendary Fireside Bo
The Allman Brothers' second album, Idlewild South, is a mixture of chunky grooves and sophisticated textures which showcases both Gregg Allman's and Dickey Betts' skills as songwriters, and features the hit "Midnight Rider." It has been remastered from or
On Calico Review, Allah-Las weave their dreamy version of west coast psychedelia with advanced songwriting and exquisite production detail. The California quartet's third album, Calico Review, focuses on both the outer trappings of their home and surround
Total Clarity compiles unreleased demos and other tracks (as well as some of the leaked/stolen demos) that were eventually recorded for the group's 2005 effort, Searching For A Former Clarity.
The vinyl is available as a single LP 180 gram edition and comes with a download card with for a free 320 kbps mp3 ripped directly from the vinyl.Ryan Adams' new album is a self-titled affair and the first to be released on the combined Pax Am/Blue Note i
Canadian electro-pop band Young Empires blend the quirky, trebly sounds of Passion Pit with the radio-friendly, dance-oriented pop of Foster the People on their long-awaited debut full-length, The Gates.
When considering any great work of art, be it a painting, a novel, or a piece of music, it’s natural to wonder what might have inspired it: ‘the story behind the song’. Mark Lanegan’s new album, Straight Songs Of Sorrow, flips that equation.
On his fourth album, the expert producer comes into his own as a solo artist with a hushed, finely tuned album that showcases his unassuming voice and impeccable songcraft.
The Portland trio's first album for Sub Pop. a much more riff-heavy affair, this release finds the band pushing their sonic/compositional boundaries, while maintaining their identity.
Consider the urgency with which Protomartyr has approached everything —three albums in three years, each more extraordinary and rewarding than the last.
Vinyl LP pressing. 2010 sophomore album from the Brooklyn-based Indie Rockers. Yeasayer released their first album in 2007 and toured with sold out shows around the world. Now, Odd Blood is shaping up to be a highly successful record for the three piece.
Vinyl LP pressing. Holy Mountain is pleased to issue Yoga's Skinwalker on vinyl, making it widely available for the first time after having being released only on stupidly limited cassettes and split CDs. Yoga takes the lo-fi practice-space recordings of
"...a full-fledged, unapologetic return to the country-rock that made his reputation when he led Whiskeytown. Not that the album is a retreat, or a crass attempt to give the people what they want, but it's an assured, comfortable collection of 18 songs th
The soundtrack album to the film Paradox through Reprise Records digitally and on vinyl on March 23. The Daryl Hannah-directed Western stars Young and POTR members Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson as well as their father Willie Nelson.
Mothermania (1969), subtitled The Best of the Mothers, is a compilation album by the Mothers of Invention. While the songs were previously released on Freak Out!, Absolutely Free and We're Only in It for the Money, it contains unique mixes or edits made s
Lumpy Gravy is the debut solo album by Frank Zappa, written by Zappa and performed by a group of session players he dubbed the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. Zappa conducted the orchestra but did not perform on the album.
